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Artist Jess Kidd has been awarded the Joan Day Bursary by South Square Centre in Thornton. This annual award is given to an emerging artist based in Yorkshire who works with paint. The aim of the prize is to support an artist at a critical moment in their career. The bursary of £1000 supports the artist to create new work and will give Jess the opportunity for her first solo show at the South Square Centre in July.

Alice Withers, Interim Director of South Square Centre said: “The Joan Day Bursary is a way for South Square to support emerging artists to take a critical next step in their career. We’re really excited to work with Jess.”

Jess Kidd is a Keighley based artist who captures the unique landscapes, urban environments, and life of the area of her town settled in the moors. She is a multi-disciplinary artist with a current focus on mixed media painting, exploring landscape in relation to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Jess uses CBT to build confidence in her work and also as a creative process to challenge a negative sense of place in her hometown of Keighley.

An exhibition of Jess’s work will be shown at South Square Centre’s Ground Floor Gallery from Friday 2 June to Saturday 1 July. This will be the first solo show of Kidd’s career.

Jess Kidd, said: “I'm absolutely delighted to be awarded the Joan Day Bursary. I love the atmosphere at South Square and how it brings the community together, so I am just so excited to have my first solo show here. To have recognition for my work and be supported in this way, means the world to me.”

The panel was made up of Julia Calver, Chair of Saltaire Inspired, and independent artists Shiraaz Ali and Nancy Stedman. The panel discussed the many applications and selected Jess for the bursary.

Julie Calver, bursary panellist, said: “The bursary was really competitive with plenty of excellent applications. The panel unanimously agreed that the quality of Jess’s work is very high and, at the start of her career, she is ready to take full advantage of this exciting opportunity.”

The Joan Day Bursary

The Joan Day Bursary was founded in 2006 in memory of Joan Day. Joan was a highly skilled painter who lived and worked in the West Yorkshire region for much of her life. Following her death, her family sold some of her paintings and were looking for a way in which the funds could be used in an appropriate way to honour her memory. A friend of the family attended and enjoyed an art workshop at South Square. They suggested South Square could be a place to use the funds for an art related activity.

Nancy Stedman, who was working as Development Officer for South Square at the time, recounted receiving a phone call out of the blue from Joan’s daughter offering the funds. It was decided to set up an annual bursary to be awarded to an emerging artist who shows an enthusiasm for working in paint.

The bursary continues to run with 14 artists having taken advantage of the scheme so far. It has been a vital form of funding for emerging artists and has enlivened the exhibition programme; South Square continues to be grateful for being able to offer the opportunity.

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South Square Centre is an arts led community centre in the heart of Thornton, Bradford. The centre comprises of art galleries, community spaces, bar and cafe.

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